Obscurity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Deficiency or absence of light; darkness.
  • n. The quality or condition of being unknown: "Even utter obscurity need not be an obstacle to [political] success” ( New Republic).
  • n. One that is unknown.
  • n. The quality or condition of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand: "writings meant to be understood . . . by all, composed without deliberate obscurity or hidden motives” ( National Review).
  • n. An instance of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Darkness; the absence of light.
  • n. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown
  • n. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being obscure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; dimness; uncertainty of meaning; unintelligibleness; an obscure place, state, or condition; especially, the condition of being unknown.
  • n. Synonyms Dimness, Gloom, etc. (see darkness), shade, obscuration; retirement, seclusion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
  • n. the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
  • n. the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
  • Antonym
    fame   
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    Cross Reference
    obscure   
    Synonym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    impurity    maturity    purity    security    surety   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    solitude    seclusion    gloom    oblivion    humiliation    confusion    stillness    poverty    isolation    neglect